Little Improvement for California Rangelands

Many states are reporting a huge improvement in the condition of pastures and rangelands, but some states are being left out. Sabrina Hill reports on where California falls into the mix.Click to open or download audio report.
While several states are seeing big improvements to their pastures and rangelands, California is still on the downside. However, over much of the country rangelands are definitely improving.

However, in much of the west and southwest, it’s a different story. Here in California – 65 percent of the rangeland is still rated poor to very poor.

Arizona is even worse than California. It has 75 percent in the poor to very poor range.

New Mexico has the worse rating, with 92 percent rated poor to very poor.